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CROSSBOWMAN
Definition of CROSSBOWMAN
noun
Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crossbow + man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CROSSBOWMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CROSSBOWMAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCMNOORSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CROSSBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CROSSBOWMAN?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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